Our lawyers are familiar with the challenges facing the home healthcare industry and understand the common provider operational issues.
FordHarrison's Home Healthcare Practice Group, made up of lawyers located throughout the United States, has extensive experience with the full range of labor and employment issues unique to home healthcare.
With the steady increase in seniors and their families seeking in-home medical and personal care, the number of home health and home care businesses has grown exponentially. Along with this rapid growth, there has been an increase in government regulation, employee-rights legislation, and an explosion in employment litigation, creating a unique set of risk and challenges for this important industry.
FordHarrison's Home Healthcare Practice Group is dedicated to helping home health and home care business leaders tackle the various employment-related challenges unique to this industry. Our attorneys provide strategic, creative, and practical guidance on topics such as:
- Live-in caregiver compensation
- Wage and hour issues such as travel and sleep time
- Non-solicitation agreements
- State domestic worker "bill of rights" laws
- Personnel policies
- Caregiver vaccination, PPE, and other health and safety issues
- Paid sick leave
- Drug testing
- Criminal and other background checks
- Remote work arrangements for office staff
- Employee benefits, including state and local "wage parity" requirements
- Concerted employee activity and union organizing
Supported by FordHarrison’s highly acclaimed Healthcare Practice Group, our nationwide team of Home Healthcare attorneys have the experience to defend home care providers in a wide range of labor and employment litigation and government investigations, including:
- Class-action wage and hour claims alleging unpaid wages
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation suits
- Suits involving whistleblower claims
- U.S. and state Department of Labor audits
- OSHA investigations
- Wrongful termination suits
- Individual employment arbitrations
- Union avoidance
- NLRB matters
Our clients include a wide variety of home health and home care providers, including independent home care agencies, franchised home care agencies, Medicaid-waiver agencies, private duty nursing providers, and Medicare-certified home health agencies.
If you would like to speak with one of FordHarrison’s Home Healthcare Practice attorneys and prepare a proposal to assist your company with your labor and employment law needs, please contact clientservice@fordharrison.com.